“… like all good pieces this one outgrew its inspiration, fixing in sharp colours a distinctive world of
great beauty and surprising emotional gravity.”
(Beyond a Fallen Tree, for orchestra)
Ivan Hewett, The Telegraph
At the Speed of Stillness (2011/12)
4343, 4331, timpani, 4 percussion, harp, piano, strings (16.14.12.10.8)
c. 11’00
Commissioned by the BBC Proms 2012 for the Aldeburgh World Orchestra and Sir Mark Elder
Beyond a Fallen Tree (2009)
3333, 4331, timpani, 2 percussion, harp, piano, strings (14.12.10.8.6)
7’00
Commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra under the UBS Soundscapes: Pioneers scheme. Performance at the Barbican conducted by Daniel Harding, May 2010
Programme Notes
In The Cold Light of Day (2007/9)
3333, 4331, timpani, 3 percussion, harp, piano, strings (12.12.10.8.6)
14’00
Commissioned by the Mills Williams Foundation for performance at the Royal College of Music, December 2009
Scenes from Wonderland (2011)
solo violin, orchestra: 2222, 4231, 3 percussion, harp, strings
7’00
Commissioned by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Music Masters for the BrightSparks concert series. Performance in the Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, 28 June 2011.
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